The ruling on wudu' (ablution) when in doubt about sleeping or the passing of something

The questioner: Usually, our teacher, I mean, after the Fajr prayer, for example, a person might go back home to sleep, and then, of course, perform wudu' and go out. Most of the time, I am inclined to think that I might pray Maghrib or 'Isha' on the wudu' of the morning. Specifically today, before 'Asr, I was sitting on the chair and I was a bit sleepy. But I don't remember, of course, I don't remember, and I don't remember that I passed anything. Of course, I went to the 'Asr prayer and I prayed 'Asr and Maghrib and sat.

The Shaykh: And 'Isha'. The time, of course, entered, and there was doubt. I mean, I prayed the khutbah. The prayers today, the four prayers: Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Isha', on a wudu' from, for example, around eight o'clock. Music. I mean, I don't remember exactly. Of course, we cannot tell you. Sleepiness. Did something come out of you? Did you sleep? All of this, yes, because you are the one with whom this incident occurred, you must judge: did you doze off, or did you sleep, or did something come out of you? I can deny everything. It may not have been hidden from you, because we have discussed this topic more than once, so we said that sleepiness does not invalidate the wudu', whereas sleep invalidates the wudu' absolutely, whether the sleeper was settled or not. As for the third possibility you mentioned, did something come out of you or not? You know if something came out of you, then your wudu' is... If you now want to judge yourself, did you doze off or did you sleep? If you dozed off, then these prayers of yours are valid, and if you slept, then your prayers need to be made up.

The questioner: The most important thing, I mean, I don't